Chapter 9: New Team
Cybertron...
Shockwave studied the gold dust he picked up for several hours through the night. But it just didn't make nay sense to him. How did it form? Who did it come from? What does it do? None of those questions could be answered so easily. Then something finally turned in his processor...Lady. This engine had to be the answer to these questions, and he was going to find her. But for now, he needed to focus on his subjects. Between Unicron's defeat and the return to Sodor, he had been able to manufacture new Vehicons who were helping with the transformation process. He took an elevator down a much lower level of his lab where his victims were being kept.
"How are my subjects doing?" Shockwave asked.
Henry, Harold, Donald, Douglas and Toby were hooked up a new machine that pumps a large amount of dark energon into the victim transforming them into Cybertronians. All Shockwave had to do was pull a lever. The Vehicons were busy working or teasing them.
"That's enough drones, it's time to start the transformation process." Shockwave said walking over to the big machine with the lever.
"The Autobots will get rid of you." Henry shouted.
"No, it is I who will get rid of Autobots!" Shockwave retorted.
"You can't make us fight them, they're our friends." Toby said.
"Logically, with this dark energon infused with your systems, your minds will be corrupted and you will become full Decepticons." Shockwave explained.
Donald and Douglas whispered to each other.
"Where are the Autobots anyway?" Donald whispered.
"Probably coming to the rescue...at least I hope." Douglas said.
"Also...what are the engines doing?" Harold wondered.
Shockwave pulls down the lever and the victims scream in agony. The energon fusing with their systems and their eyes turning red. It was working, as a surprise to the Vehicons only, the captors were changing...more like transforming. Unfortunately the Autobots had no idea the victims were being held under Shockwave's lab since neither BlueShadow nor the Vehicons had no access to communicating with them at the time due to being on the Magic Railroad.
Sodor...
Without Shockwave's knowing, the Vehicons and BlueShadow were teleported to Burnett Stone's workshop where Thomas was talking to Lady.
"Lady, we must stop this now." Thomas said.
"I guess that time has come huh." Lady chuckled. "We will stop Shockwave and whatever he has planned."
BlueShadow and the Vehicons materialized out of gold dust right beside them. Lady had been the one to rescue them using the gold dust.
"Vhoa...I can't get used to that. Hey...you're Lady!" BlueShadow pointed at her.
"Yes I am, are you feeling better?" Lady asked.
BlueShadow examined herself and noticed all her injuries were gone and she wasn't feeling any pain.
"Yes...thank you for rescuing us and fixing me up." BlueShadow bowed.
"Nice workshop, looks more safer than Shockwave's lab." One of the Vehicons said.
"Shockwave must be turning our friends into Decepticons, we have to notify the Autobots. Lady you must come with us." Thomas said.
"Yes...let's move!" Lady whistled.
The next morning, the engines awoke to hear Thomas, Lady, BlueShadow and the Vehicons returning. The engines were glad to see Lady after so many years. But Predaking was mainly glad to see BlueShadow, but he had no idea she had left.
"BlueShadow where were you?" Predaking transformed and asked.
"Out vith Thomas to go to the Magic Railroad. It vas awesome! And I got in a little scrap vith Shockvave." BlueShadow said.
"THAT MENACE HURT YOU?" Predaking's voice raised scaring some of the engines.
"It's okay sire, Lady here fixed me up." BlueShadow pointed to her.
"Thank you Lady for saving my sister." Predaking smiled.
"My pleasure, now I have a plan but I will need to be protected until all the energy is built up." Lady said.
"I know a perfect place!" Thomas got an idea.
But before he could say the location, a groundbridge portal opened up and Ratchet walked out. He had yet to see BlueShadow but was told about her by Bumblebee. Ratchet had also been told about some of the engines being captured.
"Okay...it's good thing the rest of you are still here. We could use all the help we can get." Ratchet said.
"Shockwave is going to turn our friends into Decepticons, what should we do?" Thomas asked.
"That's the thing, Shockwave may be using dark energon to corrupt their minds, I will use regular energon to transform you all into Autobots to battle them and any Vehicons he sends back here." Ratchet explained.
"Wow...that's amazing." Edward said.
"With my strength, taking down Shockwave should be easy." Gordon scoffed.
"Not if he has our friends fighting back and more drones." James said.
"We can't destroy our friends...is it too late to change them back?" Emily asked.
"No, we will get them back, we'll just need to capture them and drain the dark energon out of them." Ratchet explained.
BlueShadow began to blush, the thought of seeing Thomas...ugh, would it even work out? He's a steam engine...and she's a Predacon. Why was she having these feelings about him? One by one, all the engines except Lady chuffed into the groundbridge heading to Cybertron where a new medical base was built. After Percy went through, Thomas was about to leave when BlueShadow stopped him for a moment.
"Be careful Thomas...and come back quickly." BlueShadow said.
"I will." Thomas smiled before leaving into the portal.
A tear slipped down BlueShadow's face hoping they would be back before Shockwave begins his assault on Sodor. Predaking patted her shoulder.
"You gonna be okay?" Predaking asked.
"I hope so sire, vhat if they're not back in time?"
"Then we will defend this Island until they return. And Shockwave will rot in the pit." Predaking clenched his fists angrily.
BlueShadow copied the angry look and clenched her own fists. There was something they did have time to do, get every engine on Sodor to safety!
Cybertron...
Three hours later, the process was complete...for both factions. Shockwave stood in front of five new mechs...five familiar mechs. He studied each of them.
Henry was rather bulky, the number 3 painted on his chest beside the Decepticon symbol. His visor was red and had a battle mask over his mouth. He was armed with large blasters his arms could transform into.
Toby was the smallest, he was the skinniest one with small blasters, golden visor, the seven painted next to symbol and little brown horns. He was the only one without a battle mask.
Harold was slightly taller than Toby, his blades connected to his back were sharper on the ends, his battle mask joined by a blue visor, and he had long sharp claws about the length of Starscream's and pointed feet like Soundwave's. His name was placed on his chest under his windows. His weapons were two samurai blades and a small blaster.
Donald and Douglas looked exactly the same. They were average height and size but with large black horns curved nearly all the way to the side. Instead of a visor they had large dark red optics and red battle mask. The numbers nine and ten were painted on their chest beside the symbol. Spikes covered their bodies down to their feet. They also owned sharp claws and large blasters their hands could turn into.
"Ah, my new Decepticon army...I do not expect failure from you five. LAY WASTE TO THE ISLAND OF SODOR!" Shockwave demanded.
"Yes Lord Shockwave!" The five bowed.
To be continued...
